Examining Science, Technology and Culture in the 21st Century

Making Virtual Teams Work

In a world rapidly adapting to fast technological progress, work places are delving more in to achieving outcomes through virtual teams where workers may collaborate on projects but be geographically dispersed. With continually improving communications through powerful apps, better hardware and faster networking and internet connections, working in a virtual team has never been more useful for businesses and organisations as a tool to get more work done. Despite technology improving how virtual teams work, there are still some fundamental issues around managing teams that are geographically dispersed that need to be addressed to ensure successful outcomes from the team. Steve and Ben examine virtual teams against the backdrop of rapidly evolving technology and the importance of maintaining engagement and connection between team members that are not sharing the same office space.